Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Canada’s former public safety minister has had his wrist slapped by the federal ethics commissioner for violating conflict of interest rules - and a democracy watchdog wants the Canadia...

WOSS, B.C. - The company operating a train that derailed and killed three people in a northern Vancouver Island community stopped business Friday out of respect for the families of the victims. Two pe...

MONTREAL - Quebec is budgeting $6.4 million over five years to create a special police unit dedicated to fighting sexual exploitation by targeting pimps and johns, the province’s public security...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s trade-policy minister says he’s confident Atlantic Canadian lumber exports will remain excluded from U.S. duties once President Donald Trump sees the facts. R...

TORONTO - A company that argued the fairness and integrity of Canada’s public-procurement process has been compromised is calling on the government to legislate changes now that the country̵...

WASHINGTON - Here’s some good news for Canadian pot smokers: high taxes will not join the munchies, the pasties and short-term memory loss as unwelcome side effects of smoking up. The Canadian g...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it’s trying to figure out how much its troubled electronic pay system has shortchanged the unions representing thousands of civil servants facing unforeseen ...

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A former Ontario nurse accused of murdering eight seniors in her care made a brief court appearance on Friday before having her case put over to next month. Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49,...

OTTAWA - Canada has expanded its Syrian sanctions list to include 17 high-ranking individuals in the Assad government and five entities linked to the use of chemical weapons. They will now be subject ...

OTTAWA - One day after Donald Trump called Canada a “disgrace” for policies that hurt American farmers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he plans to be respectful and engage with the U.S...